Weather Records on 11 April 1972

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1972. Highest significance: Rangely 1E, US.

Key Facts for 11 April 1972

On 11 April 1972, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
571 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 765 daily.
Rangely 1E set a monthly record high minimum temperature of 15.0 C (59.0 F) on 11 April 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 11 April 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amberd (Koshabulakh)	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malhada Real	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 357, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 11 April 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	357
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 11 April 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1972

Top 20 records on 11 April 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1972	Rangely 1E, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Blina, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Ponca City, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Canon City, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Manti, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Escalante, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Paragonah, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Anadarko 3 E, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Enid, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Moab, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1972	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1972	Estevan Point, CA	monthly snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1972	Clifford Chambers, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1972	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1972	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1972	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1972	Haskell, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1800 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1972. 1972 had 792 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	592
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2